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Why is electric charge balanced in chemical reactions?

Answer 1

Because conservation of charge is fundamental.

Strong electrical forces of attraction and repulsion exist in all materials, and an imbalance in charge could have disastrous, macroscopic consequences. All materials have a charge balance.

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Answer 2

Jose Ayala

Atoms do not gain or lose electrons during chemical reactions, which maintains overall electrical neutrality by ensuring that the total positive charge of the protons in the nucleus equals the total negative charge of the electrons surrounding the nucleus.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.